Image: Bluebottle or Portuguese Man-of-War Physalia physalis

Bluebottle or Portuguese Man-of-War Physalia physalis

Photographer:

Peter Parks

Rights:

© Image Quest 3-D

Additional information

The Bluebottle or Portuguese Man-of-War is not a single animal but a colony of different polyps (kinds of highly modified individuals). Bluebottles feed using their long stinging tentacles to ensnare small crustaceans and other members of the surface plankton.

Last Updated: 25 August 2009